Concord-Carlisle girls hockey falls to Lincoln-Sudbury

Sunday

The only thing wrong with the Concord-Carlisle girls hockey team’s penalty killing in its game against Lincoln-Sudbury Dec. 16 was that the Patriots had to kill too many penalties.

C-C did not allow a goal in any of the five times when it played shorthanded, but killing penalties and playing at full strength with many of the same people eventually took its toll and L-S prevailed, 1-0, at the New England Sports Center. The loss came three days after C-C defeated Cambridge Rindge & Latin, 4-1, Dec. 13

“We took too many penalties,” said C-C coach Barbara Southcote, whose team is now 1-2. “We had 11 skaters out there for much of the time.”

This season the MIAA increased the duration of minor penalties from one minute, 30 seconds to two minutes.

“It’s an extra 30 seconds, Southcote said. “The game is still the same length (three 15-minute periods).”

The Warriors (1-0) scored the game’s only goal at 11:40 of the third period, while each team had a player in the penalty box and four skaters on the ice. Kerri Maron finished a 2-on-1 breakaway with Sophie Ensley assisting.

“Kerri is a junior and Sophie is an eighth-grader,” said L-S coach Paul Hardy, who is a graduate of Concord-Carlisle High School. “That was the first time we had them together on the ice tonight. We were a little deeper than they were. We have 25 on the roster and we could use a third line sometimes.”

Just moments after Maron’s goal, C-C had its best chance when Lily Langrind took a close-range shot and L-S goalie Julia Provvisionato made a diving save.

In its first two games, C-C beat Cambridge Rindge & Latin and lost to Central Catholic, 3-1, Saturday, Dec. 9. Through the Patriots' first three games, Bailey McIntyre scored two goals and assisted on two. Mia McKennitt scored two goals and also had an assist. Nyla Home added one goal and one assist. Rosie Braceras, Gabriela Braceras, Sarah Webster, Finley Griswold and Lily Langrid notched one assist each.